Origin: Long Beach, CA, USA
This rather obscure L.A. area band formed in 1965 with original members Steve Runolfsson (vocals, harmonica), Lynn Rominger (guitar), Larry Robinson (guitar), Bryan Garofalo aka Bryan Garo (bass) and Russ Kunkel aka Russ Ward (drums). They recorded a slew of garage-psych based material between 1966 and 1967, but only two tracks made it to vinyl on their Starfire label debut 45 ('Sweetgina' b/w 'Speak Of The Devil'). They also played a number of gigs at the Whiskey A Go Go, opening mainly for the Byrds and even Cream . Although Runolfsson was their frontman and wrote most of their initial mater…